About Chaura Village

Chaura is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 390, made up of 193 males and 197 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaura village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Ghansali
Pincode	249155
Area (hectares)	52.8 hectares
Population	390
Male Population	193
Female Population	197
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaura compares

By the 2011 count Chaura is the 125th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 52.8 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Chaura

Chaura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chaura as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chaura from other places

Chaura lies about 58 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 41 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Chaura
Nearest town	Pauri	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghansali	29 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	41 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	58 km

Villages closest to Chaura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghansali tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Chaura

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaura village had a population of 390. That makes it the 125th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Chaura village has 193 males and 197 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaura has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1240.

The pincode recorded for Chaura is 249155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaura covers 52.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chaura falls under Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chaura is Kotdwara, about 41 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chaura.

Chaura is about 58 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaura is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Pauri is about 20 km away. Ghansali is about 29 km away. Kotdwara is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.